Although Maroon 5 looks like a pretty boy pop band in its videos, the band's live performance may surprise you, as it surprised me last night at the Bryce Jordan Center.

The Donnas kicked things off with a 45-minute set full of girl power as most audience members were still filing into the BJC.

Singer Brett Anderson danced along to the chunky riffs and impressive lead guitar work provided by Allison Robertson, while bassist Maya Ford grooved along to the intense, emotional drumming of Torry Castellano.

"Are you ready to get metal up in here?" asked Anderson.

The band received a good amount of applause when it tore through its radio hits, such as "Who Invited You?," "Take It Off" and "Fall Behind Me."

There were a few Donnas fanatics throughout the arena, such as the guy in the eighth row who was pretending to play an imaginary guitar along with the band, but not many.

After the Donnas set, a giant curtain surrounded the stage, which had a giant wall of light bulbs behind it, displaying the silhouettes of the members of Maroon 5 when the house lights were turned off.

When the curtain was drawn back to reveal Maroon 5, the band launched into a hard-rocking intro, featuring lead vocalist Adam Levine, who most of the ladies in the arena swooned throughout the show, on lead guitar.

Levine's impressive lead throughout Maroon 5's set were probably the biggest surprises of the show, mostly because he is exploited so much in the media as a pretty boy.

Levine and company played an impressive 90-minute set, which included just about every song on its multi-platinum album, Songs About Jane. The band was really nothing spectacular when playing through its more mellow hits such as "This Love" and "She Will Be Loved," although these tunes seemed to be crowd- pleasers.

Songs such as "Harder to Breathe" and "Shiver" showcased the band's strong points: funky and catchy choruses.

Extended jams throughout the band's set, although obviously not spontaneous, showcased all five band members' great abilities as musicians, something a catchy little pop tune on the radio can quickly overshadow.

Levine jumped behind the drums, and handed over the lead vocal duties to drummer Ryan Dusick, who did not play due to an injury, for a very entertaining and fairley accurate cover of AC/DC's "Highway to Hell."

Maroon 5 pulled it off, with Dusick's accurately over-the-top vocals and guitarist James Valentine's hilarious guitar solo, which he played while running around the crowd on the floor of the BJC.

Nikki Pierce (junior-journalism) said she isn't a big Maroon 5 fan, but she moderately enjoyed the concert.

"I like them," Pierce said. "But when they did the AC/DC cover and the guitarist ran around, that was rock. I was like, 'OK this is a rock concert now.' "